STAAR Released: US History - Reasons for Exploration

What is the significance of the Pilgrims' arrival in America?

• It led to an alliance between the British and the French

• It led to an early attempt at self-government in the English colonies.

• It caused Puritans to separate from the Church of England

• It introduced the slave trade to the Atlantic colonies

Why did European explorers search for the Northwest Passage?

• To find the legendary Seven Cities of Gold

• To discover new technology for crossing the Atlantic Ocean

• To find the legendary waters of the Fountain of Youth

• To discover a new sea route to Asia

What was the INITIAL reason European explorers sailed to the Americas?

• To find new trade routes to Asia

• To form military alliances

• To spread Christianity to Africa

• To find new sources of cheap labor

​ (a)   was the primary reason for French colonization.

• To profit from fur trading in the Great Lakes area
• To cultivate cash crops near Chesapeake Bay
• To extract precious metals from mines in Mexico
• To convert natives in the SW to Christianity

Spanish Colonist were known to ​ (a)   during colonization while the French Colonist were known to ​ (b)  

• establish Catholic missions
• Focus primarily on fur trading
• Enslave native populations
• Organize utopian societies
• Promote political freedom
• Participate in the triangular trade
• Become commercial shipbuilders
• Create an early system of public schools

The reasons for European Exploration are to find new sea routes to India and China, to find gold, silver, and other treasure, and ​ (a)  

• to claim new territory.
• to spread democratic ideals.
• to improve efficiency in manufacturing
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• to improve efficiency in manufacturing.
• to locate potential military allies.

Which of the following are the primary motives for European Exploration of the Americas? (Select all that apply)

• To increase wealth

• to expand empires

• to extend democracy

• to spread Christianity

- Lord Baltimore organized the colony of Maryland in 1633.

- Thomas Hooker founded the colony of Connecticut in 1636.

- Roger Williams established the colony of Rhode Island in 1644.

The colonies in this list were founded primarily to offer settlers a greater degree of ​ (a)  

• religious freedom
• freedom from debts
• economic freedom
• freedom of speech

Massachusetts is to Refuge for English Puritans as ​ (a)   is to refuge for English Catholics.

• Maryland
• Virginia
• South Carolina
• Georgia

Jamestown was founded for ​ (a)   ​ while Plymouth was founded as a​ (b)   .

• commercial profit
• refuge from religious persecution
• Limit of expansion for other European empires
• producing raw materials
• discovering the gold